Bobby, Kim, Alex and I went and watched the Red Bull Flugtag competition today. News article and images recap the event below.

A record crowd of 110,000 gathered down by the bay to witness 35 teams launch their human-powered flying machines at Red Bull Flugtag Tampa Bay. It was the first craft of the day, local team Tampa Baywatch, that took home top prize with their hotter-than-"The Hoff" skit and a flight distance of 109 feet. "We knew we were going to fly, but we weren't sure how far. We were all freaking out a little bit being the first team off with over 100,000 people watching you. It's just amazing -- once in a lifetime," said Tampa Baywatch pilot, Keith Humphrey, who was joined on the flight deck by his twin, Kevin Humphrey, and teammates Chris Elmore, David West and Kevin Riley.

Check out the Red Bull pro PR photos.

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What better place to celebrate America's independence then in Paris. (big grin) Here are some photos from a recent weekend trip - over 4th of July holiday - to Paris and Cergy, France. Thanks to Gabe's family for letting me stay with them!

Visiting Gabe and Family in Cergy and Paris France

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One of my RU colleagues passed along this (very funny) "Boston Consulting Group" (BCG) presentation called "Romance: A BCG Analysis". It is very funny, and maybe a little true, too.

Download the presentation

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Went deep sea fishing today. The boat was off of Tarpon - http://www.missmilwaukee.com

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Newsweek published an article in their International edition about Italy recently. Entitled "Agony and the Ecstasy", the article describes a barely functioning society that is separated from the governments woes. Yet its people are happy.

I just was in Rome, Italy not too long ago and found this article interesting. The full article is included herein or you can view the article at Newsweek.

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